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| Nazz's best metal album each year 1970-2018
Josh's list here https://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?listid=183713 hopefully started the trend of Sput users making best metal album for each year lists, I'm sure most of us will have the same albums for each year but oh well!! | | 1 |  | Black Sabbath
Paranoid
1970
The easy and default choice. Runner up: Black Sabbath s/t | | 2 |  | Black Sabbath
Master of Reality
1971
Again, default choice.
Runner up: Alice Cooper's Love It to Death I guess? I don't have any other 71 metal rated. Bowie's Hunky Dory, Genesis - Nursery Cryme and Yes' Fragile round out my other high ratings for this year | | 3 |  | Black Sabbath
Vol. 4
1972
I promise this list will get more diverse later. My other high ratings for this year: Bowie's Ziggie Stardust, Yes - Close to the Edge, Genesis - Foxtrot | | 4 |  | Black Sabbath
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
1973
Any year now someone else will pop on to the scene to dethrone Sabbath
Other high ratings: Genesis - Selling England, Doobie Brothers - The Captain and Me | | 5 |  | Hawkwind
Hall of the Mountain Grill
1974
Okay not really metal, but I'm running on fumes for 1974 I have like 6 ratings total for the whole year. Runner up: Kraftwerk - Autobahn | | 6 |  | Black Sabbath
Sabotage
1975
This was a year with some good shit. Runner ups: Patti Smith - Horses, Hawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of Time, Rainbow - Richie Blackmore's Rainbow | | 7 |  | Judas Priest
Sad Wings of Destiny
1976
From here on out hopefully the runner ups will also be metal. Runner up: Rainbow - Rising | | 8 |  | Judas Priest
Sin After Sin
1977
Runner up: Motorhead - Moterhead
Best album overall: Ramones - Rocket to Russia | | 9 |  | Judas Priest
Stained Class
1978
Runner up: Rainbow - Long Live Rock n Roll
Best album of the year overall: Priest or The Doobie Brothers - Minute by Minute | | 10 |  | Motorhead
Overkill
1979
Runner up: Legend - From the Fjords. A severely underrated band that you should all fucking listen to. Legend rule so hard and if it weren't for the fact that Overkill is like the second best Motorhead album, this AOTY would belong to Legend. | | 11 |  | Black Sabbath
Heaven and Hell
1980
Runner ups: Diamond Head - Lightning to the Nations, Motorhead - Ace of Spades, Iron Maiden s/t, Judas Priest - British Steel, Venom - Demon | | 12 |  | Iron Maiden
Killers
1981
Runner ups: Motley Crue - Too Fast For Love, Dokken - Breakin' the Chains | | 13 |  | Accept
Restless and Wild
1982. Still one of my favorite albums and one of the first "classic" metal albums I reach for when I don't want something contemporary
Runners up: Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast, shame about the first half of this album. Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance, Motorhead - Iron Fist | | 14 |  | HellHammer
Satanic Rites
1983. This shit came out in nineteen hundred and eighty fucking three. Nothing before this was this raw or aggressive or disgusting. As important as Black Sabbath's s/t
Runner ups, and there's a shitload because 83 was the year metal really took off: Dio - Holy Diver, Metallica - KeA, Slayer - Show No Mercy, Accept - Balls to the Wall, Astaroth - Speed Black Metal. | | 15 |  | Iron Maiden
Powerslave
1984. Another huuuuuuuuge year for metal. Many monumental releases came out here, especially Powerslave.
Runners up: Metallica - RtL, Cirith Ungol - King of the Dead, Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath, Bathory s/t, Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales, Hellhammer - Apocalyptic Raids | | 16 |  | Possessed
Seven Churches
1985, the birth of death. Hellhammer laid down the groundwork, Possessed ran it in to the inzone. It's death thrash but keyword here is death.
Runners up: Carnivore s/t, Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion, Exodus - Bonded by Blood | | 17 |  | Slayer
Reign in Blood
1986. Of course this was going to be the pick.
Runners up: Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus, Flotsam and Jetsam - Doomsday for the Deceiver, Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time, Megadave - Peace Sells, too many other thrash classics to count. Nuclear Assault, Kreator, Metallica, Poison (GER), etc. | | 18 |  | Bathory
Under the Sign of the Black Mark
1987. This year was such a fucking tough call. 3 literally perfect metal albums came out.
Runner ups: Death - SBG, King Diamond Abigail.
Carnivore, Candlemass, Death Angel, Helloween, Pentagram, Testament also released near flawless releases in 87. | | 19 |  | Razor
Violent Restitution
1988
Runners up: Bathory - Blood Fire Death, Death - Leprosy, Flotsam and Jetsam - No Place for Disgrace, Helloween - Keeper pt. 2. | | 20 |  | Obituary
Slowly We Rot
1989. Tough fucking year, some killer releases that I like about equally
Runners up: Overkill - The Years of Decay, Pestilence - Consuming Impulse, Sodom - Agent Orange, Voivod - Nothingface | | 21 |  | Judas Priest
Painkiller
1990. The most metal 5s in a single year so far. Too many perfect albums for one poor boy to choose from.
Runner ups: Bathory - Hammerheart, Blasphemy - Fallen Angel of Doom, Megadave - Rust in Peace, Nocturnus - The Key.
Deicide, Entombed, Exhorder, Grotesque, Morbid Saint also had exceptional releases | | 22 |  | Suffocation
Effigy of the Forgotten
1991
Runner ups: Atheist - Unquestionable Presence, Carcass - Necroticism, Coroner - Mental Vortex, Death - Human, Dismember - Like an Ever Flowing Stream, Gorguts - Considered Dead | | 23 |  | Burzum
Burzum
1992
Runner ups: Darkthrone - A Blaze in the Northern Sky, ATG - Red in the Sky, Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond, Brutal Truth - Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses, Demo Hammer - Epidemic of Violence, Incantation - Onward to Golgotha, I can go on and on 1992 was the best year for metal up to this point. The true birth of the genre I hold nearer to my heart than any other, BM m//// | | 24 |  | Darkthrone
Under a Funeral Moon
1993. The best Darkthrone album don't @ me.
Runner ups: Demilich - Nespithe, Burzum - Aske EP, Burzum - Det som engang var, Carcass - Heartwork, diSEMBOWELMENT - Transcendence Into the Peripheral, Dissection - The Somberlain, Motorhead - Bastards (the best Motorhead album) | | 25 |  | In Flames
Subterranean
1994. It's 1994. Darkthrone, Burzum and Emperor all released their flawless masterpieces. But more importantly, In Flames released the Subterranean EP which is hands down the greatest melodic death recording of all time. Yes it's better than TJR, yes it's better than SOTS, yes it's better than The Gallery.
Runner ups: Burzum - Hvis, Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger, Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse, Cryptopsy - Blasphemy Made Flesh, Dawn - Naer Solen gar niper for evogher | | 26 |  | Ved Buens Ende
Written In Waters
1995, remember how 1992 was the best year for metal up to that point? Now that's 95. STUPID amount of flawless releases.
Such as: ATG - SOTS, Darkthrone - Panzerfaust, Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery, Death - Symbolic - Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane, Crystal Age - Far Beyond Divine Horizons | | 27 |  | Cryptopsy
None So Vile
1996, gives 95 a run for it's money and maybe overall takes it.
Burzum - Filosofem, Immolation - Here in After, In Flames - TJR, Sacramentum - Far Away form the Sun, Borkanagar s/t, A Canorous Quintet - Silence of the World Beyond, Hypocrisy - Abducted, Limbonic Art - Moon in the Scorpio, Vinterland - Welcome My Last Chapter | | 28 |  | Lord Belial
Enter The Moonlight Gate
1997. 97 was a pretty big step down from the 2 previous years but saw it's share of stone cold classics.
Children of Bodom - Something Wild, Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk, Hypocrisy - The Final Chapter, In Flames - Whoracle, Limbonic Art - In Abhorrence Dementia | | 29 |  | Dawn
Slaughtersun (Crown of the Triarchy)
1998. Back on the upswing
Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle Earth, Astarte - Doomed Dark Years, Gates of Ishtar - At Dusk and Forever, Gorguts - Obscura, Opeth - My Arms Your Hearse | | 30 |  | Taake
Nattestid Ser Porten Vid
1999, maybe the strongest year since 96?
Children of Bodom - Hatebreeder, Sonata Arctica - Ecliptica, Agalloch - Pale Folklore, Immortal - At the Heart of Winter, In Flames - Colony, Mayhemic Truth - In Memoriam, Paysage d'Hiver s/t | | 31 |  | Weakling
Dead as Dreams
2000. The pinnacle release for USBM, nothing topped this before and nothing has topped it in the 18 years since.
Children of Bodom - Follow the Reaper, Immolation - Close to a World Below, In Flames - Clayman, Garden of Shadows - Oracle Moon, Kalmah - Swamplord | | 32 |  | Ensiferum
Ensiferum
2001. The greatest folk metal album of all time
Dark Fortress - Tales From Eternal Dusk, Antagony - See Through These Eyes (birth of deathcore), Avantasia - The Metal Opera, Belenos - Errances oniriques (birth of french pagan meloblack scene?) Grand Belial's Key 0 Judeobeast Assassination, Lost Horizon - Awakening the World, Moonsorrow - Voimasta ja kunniasta | | 33 |  | Dark Tranquillity
Damage Done
2002
Avantasia - Metal Opera Pt. 2, Judas Iscariot - To Embrace the Corpses Bleeding (peak JI), Kalmah - They Will Return, System of a Down - Steal This Album! (peak nu/alt metal), Taake - Bjoergvin | | 34 |  | Slough Feg
Traveller
2003, potentially the greatest album of all time.
Lost Horizon - A Flame to the Ground Beneath, Nasum - Helvete, Windir - Likferd, Apokalyptic Raids - The Return of the Satanic Rites | | 35 |  | Ensiferum
Iron
2004, the second best folk album of all time
Wintersun s/t, Blind Guardian - Imaginations Through the Looking Glass, Hibria, Defying the Rules, Insomnium - Since the Day It All Came Down, Sun of the Sleepless/Nachtmahr split | | 36 |  | Timeless Miracle
Into the Enchanted Chamber
2005, the best power metal album ever?
Taake - Doedskvad, 1349 - Hellfire, Heol Telwen - An deiz ruz, Hypocrisy - Virus, Moonsorrow - Verisakeet | | 37 |  | Forteresse
Métal Noir Québécois
2006, extremely good year
Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain, Amon Amarth - With Oden on Our Side, As Blood Runs Black (nearly peak dxc?), Insomnium - Above the Weeping World, Keep of Kalessin - Armada, Peste Noire - La sanie | | 38 |  | The Black Dahlia Murder
Nocturnal
2007, very weak year for extremely good releases but plenty of solid ones
Moonsorrow - V, Abigor - Fractal Possession, Dodsferd - Cursing Your Will to Live, Drowning the Light - A World Long Dead | | 39 |  | Aorlhac
A la croisée des vents
2008, big step up from 07.
After the Burial - Rareform, Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thundergod, ColdWorld - Melancholie 2, Darkspace - Dark Space III | | 40 |  | Der Weg Einer Freiheit
Der Weg Einer Freiheit
2009, great year for black metal
Blut aus Nord - Memoria II, Mistur - Attende, Nok Mort - Voice of Steel, Vektor - Black Future | | 41 |  | Aorlhac
La cité des vents
2010
Enslaved - Axioma, LAntlos - .neon | | 42 |  | Battle Dagorath
Ancient Wraith
2011, kinda weak year for 4.5s and above
Drowning the Light - Oceans of Eternity, Midnight Odyssey - Funerals from the Astral Sphere | | 43 |  | Abominable Putridity
The Anomalies of Artificial Origin
2012, oof good year for non-traditional metal releases
Fauna - Avifauna, Make Them Suffer - Neverbloom, Rise of the Northstar - Demonstrating my Saiya Style EP | | 44 |  | Caladan Brood
Echoes Of Battle
2013
Altar of Plagues - Teethed Glory and Injury, Aether Realm - One Chosen by the Gods | | 45 |  | Rise Of The Northstar
Welcame
2014, another one of the potentially greatest albums of all time
Trenchrot - Necronomic Warfare, Twilight Force - Tales of Ancient Prophecies, Fen - Carrion Skies, Spectral Lore - III, Suhnopfer - Offertoire | | 46 |  | Akhlys
The Dreaming I
2015, very STRONG year
Panopticon - Autumn Eternal, Der Wang Weiner Fahrenheit - Stellar, Abhorrent Decimation - Miasmic Mutation | | 47 |  | Avantasia
Ghostlights
2016, near peak symphonic metal?
ColdWorld - Autumn, Drowning the Light - Tenth Region of the Night, Forteresse - Themes pour la rebellion, Khemmis - Hunted, Abduction - Une ombre regit les ombres | | 48 |  | Farsot
Fail·Lure
2017, extremely strong year tbh
Aether Realm - Tarot, Akercocke - Renaissance in Extremis, Fen - Winter, The Great Old Ones - EOD, Der Wang Weiner Fahrenheit - Finisterre | | 49 |  | Bog Wraith
Omen
2018 so far, maybe best deathcore ever?
Khemmis - Desolation, Spectral Wound - Infernal Decadence, Abduction - A l'heure du crepuscule | |
Nazzadan
10.25.18 | Fun list to make, hopefully you see shit you want to check out | Nazzadan
10.25.18 | Also don't talk about fucking Pantera | Ovrot
10.25.18 | i have 300k pantera scrobbles
| Keyblade
10.25.18 | sweet list. nice to see 28, 29 and 42 | DarkSideOfLucca
10.25.18 | 7,17,22,27,32
Marry me < 3 | Nazzadan
10.25.18 | thank you for all the positive vibes | DarkSideOfLucca
10.25.18 | @Nazzadan - no problem bro, you wanna talk Pantera? | Nazzadan
10.25.18 | NO | DarkSideOfLucca
10.25.18 | Damn
For real though, the year 32 came out I became a man. My grandpa actually loved that album, RIP | DarkSideOfLucca
10.25.18 | Not even a joke | Keyblade
10.25.18 | need to check 36 | Nazzadan
10.25.18 | 41 was when I became a man, and yeah Key for real you do | Grimlin
10.25.18 | This one is better, but why is Black Sabbath's first album under '73? This should be replaced with Budgie - Never Turn Your Back On A Friend. It's the right thing to do.
| Nazzadan
10.25.18 | Good catch, I meant Sabbath Bloody Sabbath but I guess I got lazy and just typed "Sabbath" and hit tab assuming it would pick the right one | Coast
10.25.18 | Great trip in the m/ time machine. Runners-up a good addition. Yes Neurosis a notable omission. Despite having trawled through your 3.5+ lists still a few here to check out. | Nazzadan
10.25.18 | I've actually heard so little Neurosis. Through Silver in Blood is extremely good (but I don't have it rated for some reason?) but I'm not familiar with almost anything else in their discog. Maybe I'll run through their whole catalog sometime soon, glad you enjoy the 3.5 lists | WoodeeX
10.25.18 | disagree with 2012. Dying Fetus' released their crown jewel that year and maybe the greatest death metal album this decade. Also Ive noticed not a lot of sludge on this list. Check out Crowbar, Acid Bath, Neurosis, and Eyehategod | DarkSideOfLucca
10.25.18 | @Nazz - check all of Neurosis man, they're one of my favorite bands
@Wood - Agreed hard on Dying Fetus for 2012 | StrikeOfTheBeast
10.25.18 | Now THIS is a rad list. | Nazzadan
10.25.18 | @lucca and Woodee Ya Reign Supreme is Fetus' best album for sure, I saw them 2 weeks ago and it ruled. It's just a solid 4 for me and the pick and runner ups are all 4.5s from 2012, looking at it again Neverbloom actually should probably be AOTY.
@strike hell ye | TheSpirit
10.25.18 | you put 1992 twice | DarkSideOfLucca
10.25.18 | Saw them this summer but missed their last show - they put on such a great fucking performance every time, man. | Nazzadan
10.25.18 | Oops, 2 1992s fixed
Edit: Thanks Aiwaz m//// | joshb9864
10.25.18 | I see you took my idea and ran with it, great list. | Rigma
10.25.18 | cute | Nazzadan
10.25.18 | Josh ya it was a great list idea, I remember like a year ago there was a quick list flavor of the month of the best album from each year and a bunch of people made one but I like limiting it to metal more like yours. |
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